Di Grassi controversially took the lea🌃d of the second London E-Prix when he went into the pit lane under the secon🥂d Safety Car period. 

Due to the cars going so slowly behind the Safe🌺ty Car, di Grassi was able to make a fake pit stop and rejoin in the lead of the race ahead of Stoffel Vandoorne.

The Brazilian held onto the lead until the end of the race, taking th💛e chequered flag.

♔The stewards handed him a drive-through penalty but was give๊n a black flag on the final lap after he didn’t serve it.

The timing screens demoted himꦿ to eighth, suggesting that his drive-through was converted into a 20-second penal💙ty.

He has now been disqualified completely, whil🐭e Audi must pay a suspended €50,000 fine - only €5,000 needs to be paid immediately - for failing to inform its driver of the penalty.

Di Grassi took to Twitter after the race to explain the situation: “Everything we did today was clearly permitted by the rules of the champions✨hip. We only could do it if the safety car was in a lower speed than the pit-lane speed limit, otherwise I would lose positions.

“It was a 🧸bold, risky move but I’m fully behind my team when the decision was taken. The penalty was correct applied because the vehicle (the wheels did reach zero) didn’t go to full 0 km/h AFTER the data was analyzed in detail, as it was so close. I was only informed of the penalty after the checkered flag, via radio.”